TORTUGAS KEYS - Planting . 
(Florida) 
Mar. 11, 1924. 
J M Pi 
Warden Ludwig Bethel reports under date 
of March 1, 1924, that cocoa nut plants 
can be purchased at 25/ per plant (from 
3 to 8 inches in size), plus the freight 
/ from the farm where they are for sale, 
which would be but a trifle. Larger plants 
would cost according to size. As large as 
should be transplanted,range from the 
price above mentioned to $1.50 per plant. 
Mr, Bethel believes that a 50/ plant would 
be the proper size. 
Australian pine plants can be obtained, 
already rooted, in small pots, 1 foot high, 
at 30/ per plant. 
Mr. Bethel recommends that the purchase 
and planting of these plants be deferred 
until after the nesting season as, he 
states, the birds and hot weather would 
greatly interfere with the work and the 
growth of the plants. 
(From letter of Warden Bethel, 
dated March 1, 1924.) 
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